It’s been nearly two weeks since Big Omaha struck the entrepreneurial scene for the second year in a row. However, the chatter about the event and Silicon Prairie News in general, has been afloat amongst traditional and new media outlets for the past few months.
Below are five pieces of coverage which highlight Silicon Prairie News and our mission to inspire entrepreneurs both through our blog and annual Big Omaha event.
Silicon Prairie News co-founder Jeff Slobotski (right) was recently interviewed by Andrew Warner (left) of Mixergy, a blog which carries the tagline: Where ambitious upstarts mix!
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The recent coverage highlights Silicon Prairie News’ shift in the era of new journalism among giants TechCrunch and Mashable, as well as our efforts to promote entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. Des Moines contributor Geoff Wood is also highlighted as an entrepreneur looking to carry out the flow of entrepreneurial energy in Iowa.
We appreciate this coverage very much as we hope to better spread the word about our region’s entrepreneurs and creatives.
Here are the five articles mentioned above:
From the Des Moines Business Record, April 17:
A Closer Look: Geoff Wood
By Todd Razor,
What is Silicon Prairie News?
We try to highlight companies that are doing cool and innovative things, which tend to be high-tech and high-growth companies. We found in the Midwest that on the whole we are a humble people, so it’s kind of hard to get people to raise their hands […]
From Provident Partner’s Marketing Edge blog and podcast, April 19:
Here’s What New Media Broadcasting Looks Like
By Albert Maruggi
In a couple of years we’ll look back and say Silicon Prairie News was one of the early benchmarks of new journalism. Its founders, Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, and Managing Editor Danny Schreiber have created a multimedia stage […]
From Iowa Public Radio’s The Exchange, April 19:
Changing Face of Media Content
Silicon Prairie News feature by John Pemble
A look at the changes taking place in on-line media. Among the guests, University of Iowa Journalism Professor Stephen Berry who discusses a new collaboration of some of the state and nation’s media and education leaders to form a new […]
Listen to the show – Skip ahead to 24:00 to hear Pemble’s Silicon Prairie News feature
From Midwest Airlines Magazine, May 1:
Network in Progress
By Kalani Simpson
Omaha is brimming with inspiration. It’s the home of esteemed artist Jun Kaneko, who established a “creativity library” in the Old Market last year. It has an internationally known indie-rock scene (ask any hipster about Saddle Creek Records), and […]
From Mixergy.com, May 25:
How Big Omaha Created a Profitable Tech Conference in the Midwest – with Jeff Slobotski
By Andrew Warner
I got to see how hot Big Omaha was when people in my audience asked to help them score tickets after it sold out. The conference was nothing but an idea when I first met Jeff Slobotski a few years ago at the SxSW conference. But everyone at SxSW […]
And now, here’s a fun “silicon prairie” reference brought to you from the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Design symposium at Iowa State University. Below is a statement taken from the Ames Tribune‘s coverage of Iowa Governor Chet Culver‘s remarks on the state’s wind energy accomplishments at the symposium.
“In Iowa, our goal is to lead the nation in renewable energy,” Culver said. “We would like Iowa to become the silicon prairie of the Midwest.”
If you ever catch the term “silicon prairie,” please let us know by emailing us at info@siliconprairienews.com. Although we didn’t come up with it, it’s fun for us to see it used more and more.